In just two days you'll get a complete picture of journals production, including:

• how to brief contributors, freelances, editors, suppliers and in-house colleagues
• how long things take and why
• what different printing processes are used for.

This course will give you a thorough understanding of the journals production process so that you can liaise effectively with external suppliers and in-house colleagues.

Programme

Day one

• General overview of journal production workflow
• Peer review
  • Online and traditional methods
  • Capture of author files and images
  • Discussion and evaluation of problems and issues
• Electronic and traditional copy-editing
  • Methods - in-house; freelance; supplier based
  • Neutral standards: Word and XML, Metadata: tracking systems; Electronic Editorial Offices, DOIs, article types
  • Editing: structure, style, language, cross-checking, technical
  • References: cross-checking, bibliographic structure, linking
• Graphics handling – monochrome and colour
  • File naming conventions, hard copy graphics, electronic files: standards, checking and manipulation
  • Online delivery: colour and monochrome rendering
  • Proofing: monochrome, colour; digital HTML/PDF and paper
• The typesetting processes
  • Word or XML and pagination (LaTeX, 3B2, Quark, Adobe InDesign etc), basis for SGML/XML usage
  • Typefaces / type sizes and typesetting standards
• The proofing and correction cycle
  • Print and online deliverables
  • XML validation
  • Typesetter checking
  • Delivery expectations
  • Validation / delivery tool
  • Archival mechanisms
  • Electronic offprints
• Journal design
  • Main considerations in journal design
  • Subject types
  • Page sizes
  • Economy for production
  • Legibility
  • Paper types
• Preparing a journal typesetting specification
  • Review of the main factors involved and presentation of case study ‘Production Specification for New Journal Title’

Day two

• Working with offshore suppliers
  • Identification, cost comparisons, currency, communication and workflows
  • Dealing 'direct' or via third party locally
• Pre-press
  • Scanning, file handling, imposition, pre-flighting and checks
• Case study preparation
• Conventional printing techniques
  • The lithographic process
  • Inking systems
  • Computer-to-plate
  • Registration systems
  • Dot structures and screen techniques
  • Monochrome and colour printing
  • Special colours
• On demand and digital printing techniques
  • For low run journals and offprints, cost and quality comparisons
• Binding and finishing
  • Processes for journals, folding, gathering, limp binding, wirestitching, case binding
• Materials for journal production
  • Paper for text and covers
  • Characteristics and manufacturing
  • Calculating paper sizes and weights for purchasing
• Case study preparation
• Case study presentations
• Likely technical developments in production technologies
  • Analysis and discussion
  • Course de-brief
  • Q&A session

Your tutors
Jeremy Mills is Head of Business Development at Catalysts Limited, an electronic publishing and communications company which has worked for some of Europe’s largest publishers and specialist legal and accountancy companies. Until 2001 he was Sales and Marketing Director of the Charlesworth Group, one of Europe’s leading journal printers, and was responsible for the development of Charlesworth Electronic Publishing Services (C-Elect), providing electronic solutions via CD-ROM and the Internet. Prior to joining Charlesworth in 1990, Jeremy completed a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Durham University. Before this Jeremy spent seven years at book and security printers Cowells of Ipswich, which he joined after graduating with a Higher Diploma in Printing Technology from West Herts College. In recent years Jeremy has given a number of talks and written articles regarding design and production of journals. He will be joined by two specialist guest speakers.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in company events.

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Dates: 22-23 October 2008

Price: £689+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

Venue: The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels).

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